Improvement in buttons



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Be it known that I, FREDERIC J. PEABODY, of Medford, in the county ofMiddlesemand State of Massa-v chusetts, have invented an Improvement inStuds forWearing-Apparel, of which the following' is 'a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being` had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, in Whichn Y Figure 1 is aperspective 'view of a'stud having my improvement applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan of the under side of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of 'the same.

Figure 4 is a section on the line a: :o of iig. 2. Studs forwearing-apparel have been constructed witha slit in the back or disk,extending vfrom the cir. eumference to the shank, one of the edges ofthe slit being raisediwith respect to the other, so that the stud couldbe turnedinto the button-hole in a manner similar to n screw.` A studconstructedin this manner,

although itmay he easilyrinserted into the buttonhole,`is, nevertheless,objectionable, for the reason that an opening or break is left-in theperiphery ofthe back, and the raised -edgeof the slit is liable to catchin .the

edge-of the button-hole, thus endangering the loss of the stud intheevent of its being accidentally turned backward by the movements of thewearer.

-My invention has for its objectto4 overcome this objection, andconsists in a stud, the hacker inner plate of which is divided ononeside into two portions, which are bent or curved around in oppositedirections, so asV toI overlap' each other for 'a considerable distance,leaving -no opening or break in the periphery-of the inner plate, andavoidingthe danger of loss-incident to stndshconstructed'as firstdescribed. v

'lo4 enable others skilled in the art to understand and use-myinvention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carriedit out. l 4 l In the said drawings, A. represents the front portion orface of a stud, from which projects the' shank a, to which is attachedthe back or inner plate B; This plate'ris divided on one side into twoportions, b c,which.are bent or curved around in opposite directions,and are of a suioient length to overlap each other'for a considerabledistance, thus forming a'portin of va. screw, as seen in fig. 3, thetivo portions b and c lying close to each other, so as'nt to materiallyincrease the thickness of the platefB. Y

When the lstud is to be applied to a garment, the point of the curvedportionb of the plate B is inserted into the button-hole, and the studturned until the whole plate'has 'passed through to the other side, whenit will be securely'fastened' in place, and as the' line of theperiphery of'lthe inner plate B is unbroken, and the point of .theportion c lies close to this plate B, there is little or no liability ofthe stud becoming accidentally detached from the garment, andrmyimprovement is therefore applicable to studs and buttons of great value,whiehhas not-been the case withdevices containing the screw-principle asheretofore constructed.

I am aware thatI the back of a stud has been constructed with a slit,extending from its circumference to theshank, so that the stud could beturned into the button-hole in a manner similar'to ascre'w, and alsothat a stud has been provided with a wire shank-extending from itscentre, and bent around in a. helix or spiral form. I therefore-lay nocla-im to these features; but` J What I do elaimas my invention, anddesire tn secnre by Letters Patent, is?- A stud or button, having itsback or inner 4plate vvB divided on one vside into two portions, c,which are bent or curved around nopposi't'e directions, so as tooverlap' each other, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose setforth.

FRED. J. PEABODY.

Witnesses:-

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